The Team

Matthew J Slosek

Founder and CEO

Matthew Slosek is the General Manager of El Bandido Yankee Tequila. Prior to this role, he served as President of Casa Komos Brand Group for more than two years. He spent a decade at LVMH USA, first as Sales Director for New Jersey and New York, and later as Global Vice President of Belvedere for the Americas and Global Travel Retail. Before joining LVMH, he dedicated 15 years to Bacardi, overseeing the Northeast region and concluding his tenure as Director of Sales for New York. In June 2022, Matthew founded 21st Amendment Imports to leverage over 25 years of industry expertise and relationships to support global brands in successfully entering and expanding within the U.S. market.

Vincent Trapozzano

President & Managing Partner

Before taking over the day-to-day operations of 21st Amendment Imports, Vincent was the Vice President of Sales for the Napa based producer and importer Demeine Estates and managed 30 markets in the US. He previously spent 8 years at Folio Fine Wine Partners as the Sales Director for the East Coast. Vincent began his career with 4 years at the distributor level with the Charmer Sunbelt Group in NJ. He is CSW & WSET Level 3 certified and curates the 21A wine portfolio.

21st Amendment embraces the idea of targeted placement methodology, meshing the traditional industry sales interactions while using the appropriate scale for each brand representation. This allows for us to represent brands of all sizes and create individual plans to satisfy the goals of each partner.

Established in 2022, 21st Amendment offers a new perspective in the placement of brands, merchandising, and education. Through insights gained from our 25 years in the wine & spirits industry, we enable each brand to grow at a comfortable own pace and to more fully meet the challenge of finding the correct amount of visibility for each brand in the marketplace.

Vision

Fine wines & spirits are created every minute of every day. Many are fortunate enough to be enjoyed across the world, while others remain a local secret. 21st Amendment was created to attempt to find these special secrets and help to share them with a larger audience.

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Mission

Our mission is truly to uncover the best kept secrets in wine & spirits for all to enjoy!

To fulfill this mission, at 21st Amendment we are committed to:

Acting as a full complementary agency for any brand. We can begin by assisting with importing from your home to ours, here in the United States.
Once a brand arrives, we are able to introduce our great network of distributors, who ensure brands are placed in the best venues to be consumed during the most memorable times.
Lastly, and most importantly, we remain with brands after placements and act as representation/customer service for trade requests (education, market visits, pricing discussions) and consumer questions and activations.